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Betsey Johnson and Steve Madden just may have figured out a way to solve one of fashion week's biggest woes: The feeling of style-specific seasonal affective disorder you get when you see something that you want, need, have to have walk down the runway and realize it won't be yours for many more months. When her show hits Lincoln Center on Monday night, everyone--not just front row fashionistas!--will be able to get their hands on the shoes right then and there.

They're calling the shoes "truly ready to wear," and we're digging the concept: While the show streams live at betseyjohnson.com on Monday night (6pm EST), everyone and anyone who wants can get their hands on the chic limited-edition Steve Madden booties (that's a sketch of 'em, above) that the models are wearing on the runway. A special QR code, above, can be scanned to access a dedicated Betsey Johnson page on Madden’s mobile website (m.stevemadden.com/betsey), or you can just visit stevemadden.com to purchase the same shoes featured on the catwalk.

Pretty cool, huh? It's awesome to see some of the elitism slipping away from fashion week and to see someone like Betsey embracing fashion for the masses! What do you gals think of this high-tech shopping concept? Would you want to wear shoes straight from the runway? Discuss!

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